initialize simple server requests

SmearcarDB/server.py

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+import pickle
+from flask import Flask
+from flask import render_template, jsonify, request
+import time
+import random
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+try:
+    database = pickle.load(open("save.p", "rb"))
+except (FileNotFoundError) as e:
+    database = {'languages': [],
+                'phonemes': [],
+                'values': []}
+
+
+# Render the client at the default URL
+@app.route("/")
+def initial():
+    return render_template('index.html')
+
+# Place for client to communicate with the server
+@app.route("/server", methods=["GET", "POST"])
+def backend():
+    # Get method returns the latest database
+    if request.method == "GET":
+        return jsonify(database)
+
+    # Post method currently appends to the languages
+    # TODO add more methods
+    elif request.method == "POST":
+        newlanguage = request.get_json()
+        database.values.append(newlanguage)
+
+        # Add new phonemes
+        newphonemes = list(newlanguage.phonemes)
+        uniquephonemes = list(set(newphonemes) - set(database.phonemes))
+        database.phonemes = database.phonemes + uniquephonemes
+
+        # Add new language
+        newlang = list(newlanguage.name)
+        uniquelanguages = list(set(newlang) - set(database.languages))
+        database.languages = database.languages + uniquelanguages
+
+
+        pickle.dump(database, open("newestsave.p", "wb"))
+        return jsonify(database)
+
+    else:
+        return
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0")